I offer you another humorous moment in the crossdressing life of yours truly. This was probably more embarrassing than humorous, at least for me. Life is full of moments like this. It’s just a lot more interesting when crossdressing is involved… or maybe just that much more humorous. I’m cool with it though. I hope this humorous (and embarrassing) moment in my life offers you a good laugh or two.
My wife and I were out shopping at a local mall. I was in guy-mode – just another plain looking guy, not much to look at. While browsing a store called “Hot Topic”, my wife spotted a pretty cool skirt. With much excitement she turned toward me, held the skirt up to me, and blurted out in a not so subtle voice, “Honey, you’d look so good in this skirt!” That might have been rather embarrassing if we were out in a public place filled with people and I was in guy-mode. Wait a minute… we were out in a public place filled with people and I was in guy-mode! :o
When we’re out shopping for my female clothing, there are certain protocols to follow. We both refer to Gabrielle as if she’s a friend of my wife’s. She was supposed to say “Don’t you think Gabrielle would look good in this?”, however that is not how it came out at all.
So there I was, out in public in guy-mode. My wife was holding a skirt up to me after letting everyone in a 20 foot radius know how good I’d look in it. I’m not sure exactly what shade of red I turned, but there was nothing I could do other than laugh. As soon as she realized what she just did, Mrs. H. began laughing as well. Embarrassing or not, it was rather funny. Even though I’m sure that people in close proximity heard exactly what she said, it’s the kind of store where the employees and regular customers tend to be a little more open-minded and don’t frown upon personal differences so much. No real damage done.
They didn’t have the skirt in my size, but we picked up a cool black mesh top and some fishnet stockings. I do love my fishnets. I wish they weren’t considered part of a “cheap” or “slutty” look by so many people, but that is an entirely different hot topic for another day.
As much as I hate how society treats crossdressers and transgendered people, you have to admit – it does make for some rather humorous moments at times. :)
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Tags: embarrassing, humor, Mrs. H., shopping, skirt
By nancy barbara on May 22, 2009 | Reply
Gabrielle may I suggest a custom made kilt from usakilts.com. I have 2 in the semi-traditional style. They wear well and are machine washable. Excellent price for a custom made kilt. If you like you can wear the pleats to the front. Traditionally they are worn to the rear. Good luck… Kilts normally worn by boys or men Kilted skirts worn by women…. Remember what Ricky Nelson said… You can’t please everyone so you might as well please yourself.
By Gabrielle on May 22, 2009 | Reply
I appreciate the suggestion, Nancy. :) I think I’ll stick to skirts though. I love skirts and I’m a bit too girly for a kilt (even though there is sometimes little difference visually). Besides, if I were kilt shopping and Mrs. H. did what she did, there’d really be no humor in it, right? lol
By Gina on May 22, 2009 | Reply
Gabrielle, I luv your site, hon! Embarrassing moments are just one of the thrills that come with wearing frills, dearie!
By Gabrielle on May 22, 2009 | Reply
Thanks, Gina. :) Life is full of unexpected awkward moments. May as well just enjoy them, right? lol At the very least, they make for fun stories to share.
By Tom on May 22, 2009 | Reply
Hey Gab’s.. just followed your link here.. just wanted to say how cool i think you are… just read the above and i swear to god the exact! same thing happened to me yesterday.. i hate getting embarrassed by things like that.. spose i just got caught of guard…. Still pretty funny! & the skirt didn’t fit me either!..
xTx
By nancy barbara on May 23, 2009 | Reply
Hi Gabrielle I agree but a have a humorous story. One time while shopping for underwear at a large outlet in Pa. The clerk asked if they were for me. I was in man mode. So I said I don’t know for sure until I get home and try them on. I love verbal ping-pong. Hope you have a nice weekend. Will be watching the Indy 500 this weekend. Hope everyone on the website has a great time with their families.
By crossdrezzer1 on May 24, 2009 | Reply
hey,,,sooo funny,,,was that hot topics in the maine mall? sooo cool,,, I love that shop
By Jessica on May 28, 2009 | Reply
Yea, Hot Topic is probably one of the stores that would be more tolerant of this type of occurence.
My wife and I try to use the same “code” while out shopping, e.g. “I’m going to buy this for Jessica”.
By Bridgette on Jun 6, 2009 | Reply
This was a very funny story. lol
By Vanessa Law on Jun 22, 2009 | Reply
On the bright side, your wife was looking to buy you clothes while you were out shopping :)
By brittany fugua on Jul 24, 2009 | Reply
firstly, rock on! i also shop at hot topic! i love it!
secondly, yes that is pretty funny. one of my ex girlfriends did almost the exact same thing when we were at hotopic one day. she found a really cute corset style top that was black with red lace, and held it up to me and said “you would be so hot in this!”(note the exclamation point.) needless to say everyone heard her. but i didnt care. she says stuff like that all the time. shes pretty “weird” herself, so one took any real notice.
hot topic is a great place to shop for people like us. the clerks and costumers are really openminded. they pretty much have to be. thats what hottopic all about really.
By Gabrielle on Jul 24, 2009 | Reply
Yeah, I like Hot Topic a lot, Brittany. It sounds like it’s the increasingly popular place to be accidentally outed by our significant other. lol
I do like the open-minded atmosphere there. The sales assistants are cool, friendly, and fun to chat with. Sooner or later, I’ll probably end up stopping in the store wearing what I bought there. :)
By ashley on Mar 30, 2010 | Reply
haha, that’s funny, my wife has done the same thing on more than one occassion. Though we are very private about it in general, I try to just roll with it. having a supportive and enthusiastic wife, albeit with an inability to stick to the protocol, is very cool. I’m thankful. great site! – Ash
By Gabrielle on Mar 31, 2010 | Reply
Thanks, Ashley. :) Yeah, embarrassing moments do happen from time to time. They’re usually more funny than embarrassing, though. I’ve got a pretty good sense of humor about myself and my life. Got to enjoy the humorous moments in life whenever you can, right? Glad your wife is supportive as well. Send her my love, and y’all have a beautiful day! :)
By Pythos on Apr 1, 2010 | Reply
Hot topic is a Goth based store line. Thus, they are open minded. No one batted an eye when I was asking if they had a black tiered skirt that I needed for a costume I was working….while I was wearing a long black skirt, T shirt, and reversed driving cap, covered over by a trench coat. I fit Goth, and was quite obviously in male androgynous mode. LOL. The one Hot Topic in my area it is not unusual for the male clerks to be in all black outfits that consist of mini skirts, black tights, BIG boots, chains, fancy shirt, accessories and so on. I love it when I see it, and always give compliments. But I also compliment the girls when they also wear something wild. Lately though black jeans have dominated my hot topic, which is irritating.